THE BEST Portland Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023) - Tripadvisor

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• THGS EVERY GAY MALE PORTLAND TRANSPLANT SHOULD KNOW
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• 17 HISTORIC GAY BARS PORTLAND TO BE SHOWSED VIRTUAL TOUR
• THE BEST PORTLAND GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PORTLAND
• GAY PORTLAND, OREGON TRAVEL GUI
• PORTLAND GAY MAP
• THE BT GAY BARS PORTLAND
• A COMPREHENSIVE GUI TO PORTLAND’S BT LGBTQ+ NIGHTLIFE
•  OREGON LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• CSHPORTLANDMENUHOTELSBARSDANCE CLUBSLBIAN BARSGAY WEDDGSGAY MAPCSH
• PORTLAND’S FIRST HANDS-ON GAY STRIP CLUB FAC CHALLENG THE ERA OF MPOX

THGS EVERY GAY MALE PORTLAND TRANSPLANT SHOULD KNOW

Portland is really gay. And shows: the equal sign is seen more equently here on r bumpers than on math you're a gay male transplant, you're probably faiar wh the stats.

If you want to get laid, utilize gay bars for pregamg. Other ci tend to be more black-and-whe: there's gay, straight, bi, etc. This means there are a lot of people who will fail your gaydar tt.

Bars like The Nt, Alleyway and Lovecraft are not specifilly gay bars, but they tend to draw a queer clientele.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

And if you generally fd gay bars overwhelmg, the bars tend to produce ls anxiety as they are not specifilly nakedTakg your cloth off is a great way to iate a hookup.

17 HISTORIC GAY BARS PORTLAND TO BE SHOWSED VIRTUAL TOUR

There are three clothg optnal plac that gay men–of all ag–love to equent: Rooster Rock, Svie Island (a sliver of Colls Beach) and bathho like Hawks or Steam, Portland's only gay bathhoe. Especially durg the summer months, for obv reasons, gays tend to flock to nu beach for BBQs and warm Hamms.

And for whatever reason, havg a hot bod is part of the gay experience.

The gay populatn Portland is big but Portland is small, and you will see your ex, people who have slept wh your ex, people you've slept wh who are now sleepg wh your ex and two of your ex at the same time.

THE BEST PORTLAND GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PORTLAND

This means iends who meddle the dark arts might jt supply you wh a love potn, after all, if you hang around long enough to meet a few of their kids hereGay people om around the world flock to Oregon to have kids. Women seekg women ma their way to the the Buick Café on 12th and Washgton, while gay servicemen home om the war would equent Rathskeller on SW Taylor Street.

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Through the 1960s and ’70s, queer-centered gatherg plac ntued to flourish, spe an attempt by the cy, unr then-Mayor Terry Schnk, to shut down six gay bars by tryg to prsure the state liquor missn to revoke their the ’80s and ’90s, a stretch of what’s now Harvey Milk Street was home to many LQBTQ+ bars and gatherg spots. That whole street was was our quote-unquote gay district or whatnot.

5, 2020, a long-time gay nightclub Portland, closed s doors October 2020, after 39 years of bs. “Those plac are reprentatn of their stggle, and their stggle at the time was jt creatg safe plac for their muni and visibily of the gay and lbian muny.

”Swanson poted out that a lot of inic downtown Portland bars didn’t necsarily even ter to a diverse queer crowd, but rather, to strictly whe, gay, cis-genred men. However, more Portland queer spac have opened outsi the tradnal “gay club” format — plac like the transparently queer Mexin rtrant Taqueria Los Puñal, or the swanky cktail bar Santé.

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• Portland’s Wilst Gay Bars That Are Still Open [EPDX].

The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag. (Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple.

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They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando.

Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients. In 1991, he lnched the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund (now the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund) to elect openly gay policians to office. He served as managg director of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, which he helped turn to a natnal group.

A COMPREHENSIVE GUI TO PORTLAND’S BT LGBTQ+ NIGHTLIFE

He owned gay newspapers Hoton, Atlanta, New York and Washgton. “I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic.

To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church. “I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om.

Bars, Strip Clubs, Dancg CC Slghters & Rabow Lounge (219 NW Davis) CC Slghters & Rabow Lounge is your prototypil gay bar. Eagle (835 N Lombard) Eagle is unr new management, but that hasn’t affected the vibe at this North Portland gay bar. Eagle has pool, a vered smokg pat, and no-ills drks, and s primarily appeals to gay men who like Tom of Fland and Robert Mapplethorpe, if you know what I mean.

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It’s technilly the Pearl District, but is an easy walk om the Old Town gay bars. Sndals (1125 SW Stark) At 40 years young, Sndals is among Portland’s longt-nng LGBTQ+ bars and is the last vtige of downtown’s long-gone Vasele Alley gay district. Circu Breaker (Tonic Lounge, 3100 NE Sandy) Circu Breaker terpts the natnal gay party circu that’s associated wh Pri season and Whe Parti, creatg a safe environment for fetish exploratn and exposn.

For Men wh Beards & Body Hair Bearracuda PDX (Bossanova Ballroom, 722 E Burnsi) Bearracuda is part of an ternatnal work of over 60 gay parti celebratg bears—you know, big boys wh facial and body hair. Daddybone (Tonic Lounge, 3100 NE Sandy) This seasonal party is ls of a place to troduce your dad to gay events, and more of a party for people who fd themselv yellg “Daddy” more than once a day.

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The Alliance, The Gay Agenda (Alberta Street Pub, 1036 NE Alberta) Cora Lus is among Portland’s funnit edians, and she mak regular space for fellow LGBTQ+ edians outsi tradnally gay bars on a monthly basis wh her Gay Agenda show, and weekly for her Alliance show (the latter of which is -hosted by Jake Silberman).

Thursgays (QuarterWorld, 4811 SE Hawthorne) Meet gaymers monthly for pball and ar gam, or play bgo hosted by Flawls Sha, who hosts karaoke at Capol Bar, trivia at Victoria Bar, and drag at CC Slghters. Portland Lbian Choir, Portland Gay Men’s Chos, Queer Opera (Vari lotns) For s, the Portland Lbian Choir and Gay Men’s Chos have provid dienc a stage to support gay and lbian choral sgers.

In recent years, however, Queer Opera at PSU has provid people beyond the gay/lbian bary wh stag to share their unique voic.

PORTLAND’S FIRST HANDS-ON GAY STRIP CLUB FAC CHALLENG THE ERA OF MPOX

PORTLAND, Mae — The Augt 1976 edn of the Mae Gay Task Force Newsletter sported some outrageo, over-the-top and mpy headl. Its simple text only ad reads: “A fortable realy for gay people. The ads are jt what Megan MacGregor was lookg for when she spent months of her COVID-19 lockdown bg the LGBTQ+ archiv at the Universy of Southern Mae for rmatn about Portland’s historic — but long-gone — gay bars.

In all, MacGregor was able to nfirm the existence of 17 historic gay bars. MacGregor is a queer historian and librarian at the Glickman Fay Library on the Portland Camp of the Universy of Southern Mae, where the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer+ Collectn is hoed. Cred: Courty of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer+ Collectn at the Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversy Mae.